| Description | Press cuttings from national and local newspapers largely focusing on racism and the activities of campaign groups like the Indian Workers Association, the Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination [CCARD], and black power organisations, during the 1960s, including campaigns against immigration legislation introduced during this period.
Coverage includes: Sammy Davis jnr's support for Britain's black power movement 1968; articles about demonstrations outside Rhodesia house and clashes between the National Front and the Black Peoples Alliance 1969; articles from 'The Dark Million' series in 'The Times'; racial tension in Tipton; profile of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination [CARD]; Joshi's criticism of Bill on Immigration Control in Birmingham as part of his role in the Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination [CCARD]; copy of 'The Journal', the official publication of Birmingham Trades Council 1965 with an article on Labour's White Paper on Immigration; article about Indian Workers Association urging members in Smethwick to vote against Peter Griffiths and the condemnation of Griffiths' views by the Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination 1963; article and photograph about the Indian Workers Association, the Pakistani Workers Association, the Movement for Colonial Freedom and the Irish Connolly Association visit to London for a meeting with MPs at Westminster to protest against proposed immigration laws; the operation of a 'colour bar' in Southall 1963; Joshi's support of a strike by Indian workers at a factory in Southall; problems in Birmingham schools caused by high levels of immigrant children with difficulties with English 1961; Indian and Pakistani workers in Wolverhampton threaten night shift strikes unless skinhead violence against their communities stops; focus on the Birmid Qualcast strike at Dartmouth Auto Castings foundry at Smethwick with quotes from Joshi and a picture 1970; members of the National Committee for Commonwealth Immigrants [NCCI] resign in protest at a Bill designed to restrict Asian immigrants from Kenya from entering Britain; meeting of the Indian Workers Association in Wolverhampton to discuss a plan of action to protest against the town transport committee ban on bus conductors and drivers wearing turbans at work 1969; failed attempt by Black Power block at the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination [CARD] to oust white people from the leadership and Indian Workers Associations in Birmingham and Southall protest about bogus delegates; grant to the National Committee for Commonwealth Immigrants [NCCI]; the Coventry branch of the Indian Workers Association breaks away from national body; plans for a protest march at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference led by the Black People's Alliance and convened by Joshi 1969; Sohan Singh Jolly's threat to burn himself to death in protest at the Wolverhampton ban on bus employees wearing turbans; anti-racist demonstration in Wolverhampton organised by Socialist Unity Movement 1969; reaction to Enoch Powell's speech nationally and locally 1968; Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination [CCARD] to test the operation of a 'colour bar' in Smethwick public houses 1965; Black Power party to establish free universities for 'black studies' 1969; Peter Griffiths and Don Finney's views are attacked by Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination [CCARD]; Smethwick Conservatives housing plans discriminate against immigrants 1963; Conservative group on Birmingham City Council aim for a complete ban on immigrants to Birmingham; racial violence on the Low Hill housing estate in Wolverhampton and Shirley Fossick's plea for calm as the secretary of the Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination [CCARD] 1965; the operation of a 'colour bar' in Smethwick public houses 1961; Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination [CCARD] campaign about restrictions on membership of Walsall Labour Club; strike of Indian workers at R. Woolf's rubber factory in Hayes, Middlesex, organised by Indian Workers Association Southall; Wolverhampton Sikhs march in London in protest at not being able to wear turbans at work on buses 1968; meeting of Universal Coloured People and Arab Association suggests that black people arm themselves in defence against racist violence; Sikh immigrants are allegedly falsifying details to enter Britain 1966; protest by Campaign Against Racial Discrimination about Asian immigrants being x-rayed to prove their age; an Indian woman deported with her children protests on the tarmac at Heathrow; Campaign Against Racial Discrimination [CARD] criticises checks on immigrants returning from holidays abroad; protests at Edward Heath's speech on immigration, including a quote by Joshi and a member of the West Indian Standing Conference; Indian Workers Association to gather evidence of Indians obtaining jobs by bribes, with quotes from Avtar Jouhl; Warwickshire Indian National Association to enquire into reasons for the deportation of a teenage boy living in Leamington; Rajmal Singh, president of the Coventry Indian Workers Association concludes that Enoch Powell is not racist; firms in Warley discriminate against immigrants, with quotes from Avtar Jouhl 1967; anti Enoch Powell march and reactions to his speech, with an article on the operation of a 'colour bar' at the North Wolverhampton Working Men's Club 1968; Edward Heath's proposals on immigration restrictions; meeting of Sikhs discussing ways to suppress the publication of future immigration speeches by Enoch Powell; report on Powell's speech and reaction from D. Prem, deputy chairman of Birmingham Liaison Committee for Commonwealth Immigrants; reactions to Powell's speech by anti-fascist and Sikh groups; Edward Heath's condemnation of Powell and reaction from community leaders nationally and in West Midlands 1968; John Rex criticises the discriminatory housing policy in Birmingham after carrying out a survey in Sparkbrook; Pakistani Progressive People's League urges action against the operation of a 'colour bar' at Batley Trades and Friendly Club; Edward Heath's speech condemned by race workers who see it as Powellism c1968; Labour member of Wolverhampton transport committee urges Sikhs to compromise over the turban ban for bus employees; Black Peoples Alliance call off planned May day strike, with quote from Joshi; march by Black Peoples Alliance in London at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference with quote from Joshi 1969; African Caribbean nurse Joanne Pinto throws coffee at Enoch Powell in Nottingham 1969; Trevor Huddleston asks Enoch Powell for a debate about immigration; Smethwick councillor Brian Rathbone supports Powell
The file also contains a copy of 'Grass Roots', a black community newspaper of the black power movement in Britain c. 1970 |